I wrote about this a while back, where I talked about Jaeth’s Eye, Book 1 of The Agartes Epilogues, as being a “short” fantasy novel at approximately 118k words. Aina’s Breath, Book 2, finished at 128,600 words. I expect I’ll end up cutting a few hundred more words before the final edits. Sapphire’s Flight, the third book, is going …
I‘m a stubborn person. That’s not to say that I don’t like to listen to advice. I frequently look into other people’s opinions all the time, because that gives me a lot of ideas and how doing things one way may yield results of a certain nature. But, at the end of the day, I …
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I love hiking analogies. There’s just something so simple and poignant about putting everything behind you and exposing yourself to a WHOLE LOT OF PAIN just for a pretty view and the ecstasy of having done something meaningful with your life. Thing is, when you’re hiking–and particularly when you’re doing a steep backpacking trip, with …
One of the first things I did when I rewrote Jaeth’s Eye in 2012 was to maintain the focus on three point-of-views. Now, anyone who’s read the series and is reading this will know I’m kind of lying, because I have Interlude chapters as seen through the eyes of the rest of the characters. But these are …
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To the Chef at The Wrinkled Shrew, I’m not sure why you think you can justify charging your patrons for serving the unpalatable slop I had the misfortune of consuming the other day. “Fried duck with deep-fried mashed potato” should be renamed “Fried feet with deep-fried lard”. My lady companion, for her part, found 3 …
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